The Young MastodonPipestone with Fossil Ivory and Lapis Lazuli8" x 7" x 4"2003

The Mastodon once roamed much of North America and Eurasia. They became extinct about 30 000 years ago; perhaps due to climate change and/or over-hunting by prehistoric man. They were a little smaller than the Mammoth; about the size of an elephant. Their tusks gained curvature with age, but, were always much straiter than a Mammoth's.